# 30th VLSI symposium opens at Jaypee Noida, focus on chip capabilities 2026-08-21T09:42:38+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The 30th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test (VDAT 2026) opened on Thursday at Jaypee Institute of Information Technology in Noida, running until August 22. This is the first time the three-day event is being held in Uttar Pradesh, hosted by JIIT along with Delhi Technological University, IIIT-Delhi, IGDTUW, NIT Delhi and NSUT, with support from the VLSI Society of India and the IEEE Uttar Pradesh Section. Sunita Verma, Scientist-G at the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, stressed the need to strengthen India's capabilities across chip design, fabrication, packaging and testing. Dr Kamaljeet Singh of Semi-Conductor Laboratory, Mohali, called for building indigenous semiconductor capabilities. The symposium accepted 122 research papers from 441 submissions, covering circuits, AI hardware, security and quantum-ready technologies. Industry participants include NXP, Cadence, Synopsys, STMicroelectronics and Renesas Electronics. ## Indian Opinion Analysis VDAT's arrival in Uttar Pradesh signals that the state's ambition to host a semiconductor cluster (Noida-Greater Noida) is being taken seriously by the VLSI research fraternity. The 122 accepted papers from 441 submissions (27.7% acceptance) reflect a competitive field. Watch for whether any of the announced industry-academia tie-ups, Synopsys, Cadence, NXP, convert into a fabrication or packaging facility in the region, as that would be the real economic prize. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com Straight event report, no slant: leads with inauguration and factual details of papers, tracks, participants This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, VDAT Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/30th-vlsi-symposium-opens-at-jaypee-noida-focus-on-chip-capabilities/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/30th-vlsi-symposium-opens-at-jaypee-noida-focus-on-chip-capabilities/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/